The Golden ratio crop overlay

- The next of our crop grade overlays is the Golden Ratio.…This is at a ratio of 1:1.618 and it's a ratio…that is repeated in nature, in art, and in architecture,…and can sometimes be useful for cropping images.…I'll come to the Crop tool, and then click on the image…and this is the golden ratio grid,…but if you need to cycle through your grid…you can just press O until you get that.…

Now, like the Rule of Thirds it divides the grid…into three rows and three columns, but you can see…the central column is narrower than the outside columns.…Arguably, this allows you to give…more emphasis to the edges of your frame.…So I'm going to switch over to Illustrator…and just go over how this grid is constructed.…I'll start with a rectangle drawn over my art board.…

I'll come to Path, and choose Split into grid,…and I'll make sure I'll divide this rectangle…into a three by three grid with no gutter.…Now I'm going to zoom out, Command or Control, minus,…and I'm going to swipe over that central column…because I want to reduce its' width.…

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1/19/2018

Designing with grids is an essential part of any designer's skill set. Guides, grids, and their related tools bring structure and consistency to designs. By suggesting visual relationships, they can also speed workflow and inspire the artwork itself. In this course, designer Nigel French introduces the fundamentals of guides and grids in Photoshop, showing how these tools can improve the way you use the application. Explore how to create, precisely position, delete, and show and hide guides. Learn about the different types of grids, and the "intelligent" features such as Smart Guides, snapping, the GuideGuide plugin, and the New Guide Layout tool. Discover how to set up your own modular layout grid, and then explore the different types of crop overlay grids, from the Rule of Thirds to the Golden Spiral.